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U.S. Wants Full Prints at Airports

Craig Skehan writes in The Age (Australia).

Australians face having the fingerprints of both hands scanned on arrival in the United States and the details stored on an FBI database, under a reported security crackdown in the country's airports.

The requirement will begin at 10 selected US international airports and then be extended to all terminals, The Observer in London has reported.

Citizens of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Britain and other European nations would be subject to the new requirement, the report suggests.

The Australian Government has refused to confirm whether Australians will be required to participate.

posted by Fergie @ 1/07/2007 10:23:00 AM